Verma, SK;
Verma, R;
Xie, Y;
Xiong, D;
Chen, W;
Hu, C;
Emmanuel, TA;
... Zhao, X; + view all
(2017)
Heat-up and gram-scale synthesis of Cu-poor CZTS nanocrystals with controllable compositions and shapes.
CrystEngComm
, 19
pp. 2013-2020.
10.1039/C7CE00223H.
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Abstract
We report the gram-scale synthesis of Cu-poor CZTS nanocrystals (NCs) with tuned shapes and compositions by using a facile phosphine-free heat-up procedure. Based on the detailed characterization and analyses of the evolution of crystal phases, compositions, morphologies and optical spectra over the reaction stage and temperature, we explore the reaction mechanism. The synthesis reaction involves the formation of binary CuS (covellite) nanoparticles at room temperature, and the conversion from the as-formed CuS to Zn–Sn-codoped CuS NCs as intermediates at 150 °C and finally to quaternary CZTS NCs in the kesterite phase at 220 °C, during which the NCs gradually grow due to the progressive incorporation of foreign cations (Zn2+ and Sn2+) into the as-formed CuS NCs. The introduction of dodecanethiol (DT) leads to the formation of bullet-like CZTS NCs in the wurtzite phase. The Cu-poor CZTS synthesis is reproducible by upscaling the amounts of chemicals and solvents/ligands, which allows for a promising approach to gram-scale production of Cu-based chalcogenides for potential applications in photovoltaics.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Heat-up and gram-scale synthesis of Cu-poor CZTS nanocrystals with controllable compositions and shapes |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1039/C7CE00223H |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1039/C7CE00223H |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > MAPS Faculty Office UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > MAPS Faculty Office > Institute for Materials Discovery |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1546940 |
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